Temper, a treatise on its use and abuse. ... By a Staffordshire Curate1837 |
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... occasions and in all places preach , saying , Temper is every thing : let this be thy text , and keep to thy text . Ah ! go among the churches , and preach to those who preach , saying , -Temper is every thing ; go to all universities ...
... occasions and in all places preach , saying , Temper is every thing : let this be thy text , and keep to thy text . Ah ! go among the churches , and preach to those who preach , saying , -Temper is every thing ; go to all universities ...
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... occasions - Steele and ą Kempis quoted - the heart . CHAP . XIV . - PRAY CONSTANTLY . Injunctions - Dr . Boerhaave - Mr . Toplady - good rules . CONCLUSION . 302 308 Taking likenesses - flattery - mistakes about temper - Mr . Roscoe -a ...
... occasions - Steele and ą Kempis quoted - the heart . CHAP . XIV . - PRAY CONSTANTLY . Injunctions - Dr . Boerhaave - Mr . Toplady - good rules . CONCLUSION . 302 308 Taking likenesses - flattery - mistakes about temper - Mr . Roscoe -a ...
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... occasions of trouble and displeasure , both great and trivial ; and not a day passes but , from men or things , we have some cause or other for offence , as a man must expect to be justled , and dashed , and crowded in a populous city ...
... occasions of trouble and displeasure , both great and trivial ; and not a day passes but , from men or things , we have some cause or other for offence , as a man must expect to be justled , and dashed , and crowded in a populous city ...
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... occasion may serve . 40. Ebullitions of bad temper prevail in all classes . How frequently do we see men in dis- tinguished situations , and endowed with learning , fortune , and talents , whose tempers , nevertheless , are very ...
... occasion may serve . 40. Ebullitions of bad temper prevail in all classes . How frequently do we see men in dis- tinguished situations , and endowed with learning , fortune , and talents , whose tempers , nevertheless , are very ...
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... occasion . The cele- brated Sir Thomas More had scarcely completed his twenty - first year when he was returned to serve in Parliament . He so effectually opposed a subsidy demanded by the king , that one of the privy - council ...
... occasion . The cele- brated Sir Thomas More had scarcely completed his twenty - first year when he was returned to serve in Parliament . He so effectually opposed a subsidy demanded by the king , that one of the privy - council ...
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